SLN assists distressed Kenyan flagged vessel in high seas
July 24, 2020Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) Ship Sindurala en route to a distressed Kenyan flagged vessel, which had signaled the distress, following an overall power failure off 170 nautical miles (306 km) from land (Galle), was towed for its repairs, SLN Spokesman Capt. Indika De Silva said, today (24).
He told defence.lk, the vessel HORAKHTY, with 13 crew on-board, heading to Port of Mombasa in Kenya had experienced the power failure on-board.
The ship has sailed for its next port of call last night after completing repairs.
According to Capt. de Silva, SLN has rescued 103 lives in 41 separate incidents during the Maritime Rescue Operations and has assisted 34 distressed vessels during the last seven-months.
